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Set in a Southern California of smoky skies and Neil Young tunes, Lange's fine debut collection takes the so-called normal guy—husband, father, working stiff—and throws a heap of trouble at him. Bank of America is the completely believable tale of a regular John Q, a house painter who also happens to rob banks with a small-time team of hustlers while still being a good father and husband to his unsuspecting family. Long Lost follows a tentative young husband and reluctant proofreader as he copes with the sudden appearance of a boisterous, angry, ex-con half-brother, courtesy of his neglectful father's second wife. In Culver City, named after a southeast neighborhood of L.A. where we're all between jobs or between marriages, between runs of good luck, the narrator's desperately unhappy waitress girlfriend Shelly hopes the compromising pictures of a famous actor that she steals at a party can fetch a price to change her luck and solidify their relationship. A considered, colloquial understatement marks nearly all of the first-person protagonists over the course of these 12 stories, in a manner that's marvelously effective. Lange's characters are well-intentioned screwups, deeply flawed and utterly convincing.

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After reading the first story about a sister in potential trouble in San Diego, I wasn't sure I could continue. It was killing me softly and getting me VERY anxious! Then I realized that I like books to do that to me.

Lange paints a portrait ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Sep 11 15:42:59 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 15:45:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 06:53:35 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 12:39:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 19:07:31 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 19:07:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 02 16:21:49 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 16:36:53 -0800 2008 I knew this book would be go...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 11:14:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 11:29:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 02 16:53:14 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 16:53:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 07:38:01 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 08:16:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 24 16:04:31 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 16:04:41 -0800 2008 Recommended by Shawn, Powells.com more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 10:27:27 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 13:53:16 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Oct 07 13:27:11 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 13:29:08 -0700 2009
Also, please read Lorrie Moore's BIRDS OF AMERICA.]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 19 10:45:08 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 10:49:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 03 10:13:30 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 10:16:13 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Apr 28 12:24:20 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 12:28:41 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Mar 16 12:41:44 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 11:19:15 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Oct 27 11:49:13 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 03 19:33:44 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 25 07:17:52 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 25 12:22:20 -0800 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1507537